Empty chair in Geneva: U.S. becomes the first country ever to skip the U.N. human rights review twice
Every one of the 193 U.N. member states, North Korea included, sits for the universal periodic review. Washington stayed away again on Tuesday, leaving rights groups warning of 'a crisis of accountability' and the U.N. postponing any response until January.
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Iran's security chief: 'not a single particle' of enriched uranium will leave Iran, vows strikes on distant U.S. bases if attacked
Mohsen Rezaei says Tehran has told Moscow it will keep its enriched material to build nuclear-powered ships and submarines, as Washington downplays new strikes after the GOP's midterm defeat.
Spain's first general strike in 14 years: millions walk out over housing crisis weeks before a snap election
Unions report 90% stoppages in autos and ports as rents that nearly doubled in a decade become the central issue of the Nov. 29 vote, with the conservative PP leading polls and the far-right Vox in the mix.
France blames Iran's Revolutionary Guards for hacking freezers in 700 supermarkets, vows EU-wide sanctions
Prosecutors say the IRGC-linked unit Shahid Kaveh pushed thermostats above 50C, spoiling thousands of tons of food. Tehran rejects the accusation.
‘For the first time I have my own chair’: Gaza siblings find new freedom
In Gaza, 10-year-old Anas is one of three siblings born without legs and with only two fingers on each of their hands.
In Gaza, three siblings born without legs gain mobility and independence through UN-funded assistive devices
An OCHA-funded project by the aid group EducAid fitted Anas, Sujood and Mohammad with custom wheelchairs, writing tables and hand supports amid the ongoing violence.
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Biden memoir reveals Trump's warm 2021 Oval Office letter: 'May God bless you and Jill, and may God bless America!'
The handwritten note, left in the Resolute Desk for '46,' appears in full in 'Promise Me, America,' out Nov. 17; Biden writes it was 'as if there were two Donald Trumps,' and the White House says he should have heeded it.
Nine Kennedy family members go to court to stop Trump's 250-foot arch, saying it would shadow JFK's grave
Children and grandchildren of Robert F. and Ted Kennedy asked to join suits by D.C., Virginia and veterans, days after Judge Tanya Chutkan paused construction for 14 days.
Hochul keeps New York redistricting amendment alive, eyeing new congressional map by 2028
The governor says Democratic midterm gains won't settle the question, while Republicans warn a mid-decade redraw would rig districts. Lawmakers must pass the amendment again in 2027.
U.S. becomes first nation to boycott its U.N. human rights review, calling the council 'irredeemable'
The Trump administration skipped its Universal Periodic Review in Geneva after a year's delay, and critics warn other governments may follow.
Trump signs order to preserve Oval Office as national monument
The order comes after Trump made a series of big changes to the decor of the Oval Office and tore down the White House East Wing.
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Pope Leo XIV tells Buenos Aires inmates they can begin their lives anew: 'Human beings do not flourish in spite of their limitations, but often through them'
On his final day in Argentina, the pope visited Villa Devoto Federal Penitentiary, heard prisoners' testimonies and urged guards, families and authorities to make prisons places of rehabilitation and hope.
Pope Leo XIV urges Catholic migration agency to protect displaced children as aid funding falls
In a video message for the 75th-anniversary plenary of the International Catholic Migration Commission in Rome, the Pope said 'in every rejected migrant it is Christ himself who knocks at the door.'
Pope Leo XIV prays at Pope Francis memorial in Buenos Aires Cathedral and receives a white rose from his family
Closing his second day in Argentina, the Pope paused in silence before the plaque honoring Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the city's former archbishop, as children laid flowers and Francis' nieces and nephews offered a rose of 'love, faith, and continuity.'
Pope Leo XIV tells Argentina's bishops to back honest work, the poor and decent housing at Buenos Aires Vespers
Praying Vespers in the cathedral once led by Pope Francis, Leo XIV urged bishops to pursue reconciliation, care for the unemployed and migrants, and turn respect for human dignity into concrete decisions.
Pope Leo XIV in Buenos Aires: human dignity must come before profit, and technology must answer to ethics
Speaking to social movements and workers at the Catholic University of Argentina, the Pope laid out the core of Catholic social teaching and warned that unregulated AI and automation threaten jobs.
Pope Leo XIV meets five clergy abuse survivors in Buenos Aires, pledges stronger protection
In a private meeting of more than an hour, the Pope heard each survivor individually and promised to strengthen ‘pathways of protection’ in the Church, the first of several such meetings expected on his South America trip.
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Pope tells Uruguay educators to put people before algorithms
At the Catholic University of Uruguay, Leo XIV tied the use of AI to human dignity and respectful listening.